Improvement in lamps



e. F. J. COLBURN.

Lamp,

Patented April 14.1863.

Wesaes UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. J. (JOLBURN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38.149, dated April 14, 1863.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. J. CoL- BURN, of the city of Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved lamp for burning kerosene and other oils; and I do hereby declare that the following is afnll and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this tp :citication.

The nature of my invention consists in so constructing and forming a lamp-reservoir that it can support and allow of being attached to it simultaneously more than one burner, and so that it can be used for a hand and stand lamp.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will. describe its operation and construction.

I make the reservoir A of any durable material suitable for the purpose, which can be molded or otherwise constructed in such a manner and of such a form that it will not only hold oil, but so that it shall have hollow projections or arms, (shown by the letters a and 1),) each capable of supporting and allowing ofa burner to be attached to it in the usual manner; also allowing of the passage of the wick through them into the main reservoir. The top portion of the reservoir between the arms, as at c, I make an opening and cover it in a convenient way, so that the co 'er may be used as a support for a shade or reflector, or any device which may be deemed convenient to attach to it. The lower portion of the reservoir, as at d, I fashion as in lamps of general use, elongating this portion so as to form a stand, or making it short to allow of itbeing joined to a stand already made, thus constituting it a hand or stand lamp. The projections or arms a and b, I provide at their upper ends with the usual collar for holding the burners. The burners I attach to the arms in the usual manner by screwing their thread portions into the corresponding thread portions of the metal collars. A lamp thus constructed will not only be of a novel design, but very useful where an increased quantity of light is needed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The reservoir A, having the arms or projections a and b so formed and combined with it as to support and supply with oil more than one burner simultaneously, as specified.

2. The application of the cap between the burners, for the object specified.

GEORGE F. J. GOLBURN.

Witnesses:

W. H. H. COLBURN, Enos RUNYoN. 

